Who knew Henry Paulson had a band?

And the reviews are pretty good:

“Paulson is doing some crazy neo-prog-dance-indie[-bailout]-punk stuff that no one else is even close to [understanding]. Four [trillion] stars!” - Alternative Press

“Unforgettably melodious…[Bail Them Out] All At Once is one of those [bailouts] that’s so good it’ll make you want to keep [the money] all to yourself. But you’ll crack. And before you know what you’re doing you’ll be [giving money to anyone who asks].” - [Ben Bernanke]

“The songs the band creates are too good to be limited to the [pockets] of thousands [of bankers]–they seek the company of [tr]illions [of dollars]. There aren’t many times where I’ll sing the praises of [a bailout] and declare that it is readily consumable by [all my fat cat buddies on Wall Street], so take note: Paulson is the real deal.” - [George W. Bush]

“A beautiful blend of wonderfully dark melodies and [massive amounts of cash]… Do yourself a favor and pick up the first (and probably last) undiscovered [economic hit job] of this year. 8/10″ - [Goldman Sachs]

“Whiny indie crap, [but I'm still gonna vote for it.]” - [John McCain]

Okay, I might have, um, enhanced the reviews a bit.

It’s amazing ol’ Hank finds time to tour between all the panicking testifying he’s been doing lately.  Come to think about it, if you squint, he kinda sorta almost looks like former Midnight Oil lead singer (and current Australian Environment Minister) Peter Garrett.

With profound apologies to the real band — they’re actually pretty great.  Go buy their albums.

Images:  Band: Their MySpace page.  Their, ahem, lead singer: via Wikipedia, using a GNU Free Documentation License.  Peter Garrett:  Official Midnight Oil website.

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